LOT 2878
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos. Circa 330-290 BC. Struck under the magistrates EY- (Eu-) and ΛY- (Ly-).
Head of Demeter to right, wearing grain wreath, pendant earring and pearl necklace; ΕΥ beneath chin / ΜΕΤΑ, ear of barley with leaf to right; above leaf, sixteen-rayed star; in the lower field to left, ΛΥ. ANS 499 (same dies); Johnston C.8.12 (same dies). Near Extremely Fine. Attractive toning with iridescence in fields. Well-centred.(7.77gr, 21mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a late collector.
Ex Vinchon, 11 April 1988, 185.
Ex Münzen und Medaillen FPL 342, February 1973, 6.
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LOT 2878
Lucania, Metapontion AR Didrachm or Nomos.
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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Phoenicia, Berytus AE 9mm. AD 218-222. Pseudo-autonomous issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
CO-L, Marsyas standing to left and holding wineskin / BER above prow to right. RPC III 3858; BMC 27-35. 0.50gr, 9mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
![Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/246425-s.jpg)
Group of Four [4] Sasanian Kingdom AR Drachms. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Various mints and dates. 15.56gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK market circa 2015. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Diademed and draped bust to right / KΛEOΠATPAΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia(?) to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Cf. Svoronos 1871; cf. Weiser 183; cf. SNG Copenhagen 419-21; cf. Noeske 380-2. 18.43gr, 27mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
